World Health News
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Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures
“Our message is simple and clear: the current system failed to protect…
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WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The UN agency has approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use, which…
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India’s new COVID-19 wave is spreading like ‘wildfire’, warns UN Children’s Fund
In the last 24 hours, India registered 3,915 coronavirus deaths and 414,188…
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WHO chief hails ‘monumental moment’ in COVID fight, as US throws support behind vaccine patent waiver
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described it on Twitter as a “powerful…
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UN report sounds alarm on acute global shortage of midwives
The 2021 State of the World’s Midwifery report, launched on Wednesday by…
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UN envoy Gordon Brown urges G7 countries to fund global COVID vaccination push
Speaking during the regular briefing by the World Health Organization (WHO), and…
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COVID-19 ‘vaccine equity in action’ in the Maldives: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
The Maldives had reported some 29,000 cases of the virus with 72…
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Decades of health gains at risk in Brazil due to COVID-19
With global attention and support focused this week on the severe crisis…
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Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report
Despite action and progress against HIV in some places and population groups,…
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Increased cancer risk for petroleum industry workers and people living near plants: New UN study
The findings add to increasing evidence of the health consequences of air…
